CBS poll: More men likely to vote for McCain because of Palin than women
posted at 10:02 pm on September 1, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Any theories as to why, aside from the obvious cynical one?
Before looking at the data, I would have guessed that it wasn’t men being pro-Palin so much as women treating the pick as a gender pander and turning anti-Palin. Not so; women are split evenly, and in the Gallup poll over the weekend were actually more likely to vote for McCain because of her than men were (20/11 versus 16/12). CBS must just be a blip, huh? Maybe not:
From Rasmussen: Some 38% of men said they were more likely to vote for McCain now, but only 32% of women. By a narrow 41% to 35% margin, men said she was not ready to be president — but women soundly rejected her, 48% to 25%…
Overall, voters expressed a favorable impression of her by a 53/26 margin, but there was a severe gender gap on this: Men embraced her at 58% to 23%, while for women it was 48/30.
Is that explainable by a pander backlash? Or is it simply a matter of the image of “the Barracuda” hunting moose and catching fish and snowmobiling appealing to men more viscerally than to women? Ironic if so, given all the lefty screeching about her being a feminine token. I wonder if the numbers will start to tilt back towards women identifying with her after today’s four-alarm parental situation.
Exit question: Eyeball the data here — the columns represent voters Overall, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, respectively — and tell me, is Palinmania exclusively a grassroots phenomenon? Politically aware, politically active conservatives love her. The rest of the GOP seems either not to know her or not to care.
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Nope, that’s the reason
bnelson44 on September 1, 2008 at 10:03 PM
This just in:
Hot chick attracts men.
misterpeasea on September 1, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Allow me to explain: She’s hot.
amerpundit on September 1, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Duh!
carbon_footprint on September 1, 2008 at 10:04 PM
I think it’s too early to come to any conclusions about any of these polls.
Let’s see how she fares over the next few weeks…how she handles the people, the press and all the attacks against her.
Then we’ll have a better sense of how she’ll hold up and whether or not she’ll connect with the people…men and women alike.
powerpro on September 1, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Yes, cuz the dems and MSM are gonna be piling on, and many fine american men are gonna start feeling very protective. It’s still instinctive in many, and it’s a good instinct.
surrounded on September 1, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Maybe it has to do with social conservative men (which probably makes a larger segment of the population than women) giving McCain a second look. That’s my guess.
DanStark on September 1, 2008 at 10:05 PM
From Rasmussen more want to meet Palin than McCain or Biden. And she isnt far behind Obama
I think she is doing fine so far
William Amos on September 1, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Soooo, Men aren’t sexist, feminists are.
Topsecretk9 on September 1, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Contrary to popular belief, men actually LIKE powerful, attractive women.
singlemalt_18 on September 1, 2008 at 10:05 PM
I think people are taking a look at her now. I know a lot of people excited about her, but they were leaning McCain anyway. A few that were leaning Obama, are taking a hard look at her now, but would consider themselves undecided if you ask them.
bnelson44 on September 1, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Maybe because we think Palin has more balls than Obama?
Kinda speaks for itself, no?
James OK on September 1, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Mu hunch: yes, mostly.
Big S on September 1, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Saw that. And her numbers will be reversed with Obama’s after Wednesday night. You can bank on it.
carbon_footprint on September 1, 2008 at 10:06 PM
As a general rule, aren’t men more likely to vote Republican than women? This could just be relief on the part of men that McCain picked an actual conservative and not Lieberman or Ridge.
Or it could be the more cynical reason. At this point, who knows? This is an odd election.
Slublog on September 1, 2008 at 10:07 PM
but but but she reversed herself on that one issue
Jim Treacher on September 1, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Maybe it’s a gender version of the Bradley effect. Men think they’re supposed to say yes, I’ll vote for a woman whether they really are willing to or not. And maybe women aren’t so willing to say oh, yeah, I’m on board just because she’s a woman.
Bennett on September 1, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Question: a real man would rather go on a hunting trip with Barack Obama or Sarah Palin?
carbon_footprint on September 1, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Maybe it’s just because we are being pandered to our conservative politics and don’t feel we are being pandered to our MSM defined victim group that we are able to more easily go with the flow?
TubbyHubby on September 1, 2008 at 10:08 PM
I agree. We haven’t had our convention yet. People need to see and hear her.
Blake on September 1, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Don’t forget Jim, her husband had a horrific DUI 22 years ago!!!!
carbon_footprint on September 1, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Heh. Did I mention she’s hot?
amerpundit on September 1, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Is that the cynical reason? I honestly have no idea.
Kensington on September 1, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Re/ Women – it’s the same poll “effect” you would anticipate – asking a woman if she is more likely to vote for a woman and getting an instant “yes!” would imply that they are “brainless” “easily duped” “not as bright” –of course they’ll say “no”.
Marcus on September 1, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Um – women hate other women. They’re waaaay more competitive than men are with each other. That’s why so many voted for Hillary – they didn’t really feel like they were supporting another woman.
Editor on September 1, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Yes, I believe it, and for no cynical/obvious/cheesy/creepy reasons. I think Gov. Palin reminds a lot of guys of their sisters, wives, and maybe moms. She’s a hard worker who didn’t get to her position on anyone’s coat tails. She’s plain speaking. My (voting) GenX hubby and brothers think she’s all that and a bottle of pop. The media’s reactions to her have just served to galvanize their support of her. Just my anecdotal evidence.
hoosiermama on September 1, 2008 at 10:10 PM
what can I say? She’s hot.
eski502 on September 1, 2008 at 10:11 PM
no comment…..
sven10077 on September 1, 2008 at 10:11 PM
I won’t say I’m more likely, however I think he won the election. The women polled are probably reacting to the presentation of her as a supermom, with a son in the Army, and a pregnant Daughter who is not being shunned, instead is loved and accepted by the parents. It brings their own life’s follies to mind, and how they could have done things differently.
I think they’ll come around, because if Sarah is half as intelligent as she appears initially, she’ll shine like a beacon, and people will continue to follow her.
The experience angle is asinine, and the argument of ready to be President on Day one is also problematic. No one is really ready on day one, there is the time to spin up, called transition that is important, but no one is really ready to sit behind that desk, and finally take the responsibility and handle it perfectly. I think Sarah would do her best, and after all is said and done in life, that is all you can really do, your very best. You pray that God gives you the strength, the wisdom, and the insight to make the best choices. Bill Clinton wasn’t really ready, Bush wasn’t really ready, but he was able to rise to the task.
Snake307 on September 1, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Maybe some women are just being catty.
aikidoka on September 1, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Perhaps men relate to her policies. She is an outdoorsy type who also loves her man. She is strong but also feminine.
echosyst on September 1, 2008 at 10:12 PM
OMG! Guys are completely sexists! You wouldn’t support Hillary because she’s older than Palin. What chauvinist pigs!
/sarc
terryannonline on September 1, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Nice!
mikeyboss on September 1, 2008 at 10:13 PM
While the obvious one is certainly a factor, don’t underestimate that ^ one either. I guarantee you there are a lot of men in western states whose face would light up just like Jackie Broyles over a picture of her with a gun in her hand or standing over a moose she just killed.
And no, that’s not a bad thing, either.
thirteen28 on September 1, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Meanwhile we missed this. More than half the country says the US is winning the WOT
Voter confidence in the War on Terror is at the highest level ever recorded since Rasmussen Reports began regular tracking in January 2004. Fifty-four percent (54%) of American voters now think the United States and its allies are winning the war. The previous high-water mark for optimism–52%–was reached a handful of times in September and October 2004.
Optimism about the situation in Iraq is also at an all-time high. Forty-eight percent (48%) now expect the situation in that troubled country to get better over the next six months. Only 17% expect things to get worse. In addition to being the most optimistic assessment ever recorded, these numbers reflect a remarkable turnaround over the past year. Last August, just 27% thought things were going to get better while 47% were pessimistic.
William Amos on September 1, 2008 at 10:13 PM
True enough, if you go to a party and as a man, find you’re dressed like every other guy, that’s a plus. You didn’t screw up is the good news. On the other hand, if a woman is wearing the same dress as any other woman there, the party is ruined, the night is over, and it’s time to go.
Snake307 on September 1, 2008 at 10:13 PM
I’m going to copy from your test. I think you got it right.
RBMN on September 1, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Well, from what I’ve seen at my workplace, women just don’t like other women. Someone could write a thesis.
SouthernGent on September 1, 2008 at 10:13 PM
I don’t know if this has been posted anywhere here yet?
CNN (8/29-31/08):
“Suppose you could cast two separate votes in November — one just for president and another vote just for vice president. Who would you be more likely to vote for if you could vote separately for vice president: Joe Biden, the Democrat, or Sarah Palin, the Republican?”
.
Biden Palin Neither Unsure
% % % %
54
41
4
1
MB4 on September 1, 2008 at 10:14 PM
and she got busted for fishing without a license or something DO WE REALLY WANT THIS FISH-THIEF RUNNING OUR COUNTRY
Jim Treacher on September 1, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Funny, if she ends up at some point caught crying, I expect her female support will go up and her male support would go down. I pray she is kept miles away from “Oprah” or “The View”.
Please.
Marcus on September 1, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Thank you, and a hat tip to DougM at SondraK for the idea.
carbon_footprint on September 1, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Uh, actually I donated to her campaign. I’ve said many times I’d prefer Hillary to McCain, because I thought she was the more conservative on a number of issues.
Snake307 on September 1, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Yes: Because she is a better exemplar of masculine values than Obama himself, without compromising her femininity in the least. She is “feminist” without being threatening to men, even reaffirming their natural masculine values. And the affirmation of masculine values is, at its core, a profoundly conservative act. Thus she appeals to both men and women, not primarily as a woman, but as a conservative.
Tengripundit on September 1, 2008 at 10:15 PM
OT/sorry
OK I’m pissed. There I said it.
I’ve been watching H&C for the entire hour now, waiting for the station to even mention Colmes being involved in the slanderous post over the week-end of Sarah Palins daughter. Nothing!
Even though both have been skirting around the issue of Palins daughter being pregnant, NOT one word about Colmes being involved and his web site being burned.
I waited all week-end to see if it would be mentioned and ZILCH.
Colmes was subdued and flinching every time they brought up the issue, but nothing.
Cowards all!
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 1, 2008 at 10:16 PM
True.
Spirit of 1776 on September 1, 2008 at 10:16 PM
If my circle of friends mean anything, and I don’t claim it does — But here goes, more women are inclined to vote Palin. Why you might ask, the answer courtesy of the same women is she will understand women’s needs …
Men attracted to hot chicks was just too easy.
tarpon on September 1, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Well yes she’s a very good looking woman…hunts, fishes, rides 4-wheelers. Awesome.
But more fundamentally she seems to be a true conservative. All in all that’s the thing…wish she was the presidential candidate and not McCain.
bagadeez04 on September 1, 2008 at 10:16 PM
I was joking.
And what exact issues is Hillary more conservative than John McCain? That’s new to me.
terryannonline on September 1, 2008 at 10:16 PM
I’m a 25 yr. old woman who loves Palin because she resembles regular conservative Americans and their traditions. Unlike the liberal, don’t shave under my arms, pro-abortion, Upper East Side Manhattanite women (Maureen Dowd) who are jealous that they can’t be that way.
jencab on September 1, 2008 at 10:17 PM
The men and women I talk to like her.
Mostly because she knows so much about guns and the fuel delivery system in Alaska and oil, which they consider huge foreign policy issues.
her future son-in-laws picture is on Drudge.
mary jo on September 1, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Newt was angry Alan brought an “off-record” comment he made about Biden into the conversation. Newt said “Alan, I could now bring up stupid things you’ve said but don’t want mentioned on the show.” At least that’s what I thought I heard, and I knew what they were saying to each other.
Marcus on September 1, 2008 at 10:20 PM
They’ll know her better after this week, and maybe they’ll care more after that.
Entelechy on September 1, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Also remember this: This is still Labor Day Weekend. Then, the GOP convention for the rest of this week. I’m dying to know what the true extent of the Sarah Effect really is, but we may not really have a good grasp for another week and a half. And that’s assuming ceteris paribus for the rest of the political landscape (i.e. no more huge bombshells, from the Palins or from anyone else).
Tengripundit on September 1, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Always love the way questions are posed in these “polls”. Only one that counts is on Nov 4th.
GarandFan on September 1, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Oh, no. Palin’s future son-in-law has had a run in with the law.
CanadianGuy on September 1, 2008 at 10:25 PM
This has nothing to do with men or with the fact that Gov. Palin is an attractive woman.
It’s very simple – women (and not just feminists), by their nature, do not favour other women being more successful then they are. This issue cannot be simply dismissed as “jealousy”, because it’s a phenomenon that transcends every facet of our lives. It’s a well-known fact that a female interviewee is much more likely to get hired if the interview is conducted by a man, and not a woman. The potential threat of another woman succeeding (and possibly taking their place) is too much to bear.
If there is one thing that both men and women can agree on is this – you cannot trust women.
lobstress on September 1, 2008 at 10:25 PM
I’m not surprised. This is what I was saying. This pick is not going to pick up lots of female voters due to female psychology and identity politics, and the fact that it is a Republican making the pick.
That said, McCain can win anyway. He and Palin need to stress accoutability in government and reform to stop corruption. Then, in foreign affairs McCain plays the experience card. This election is based on trust. Keep earning the voters trust and use Ayers to attack Obama’s approval rating. This is how to win.
indythinker on September 1, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Catch the repeat of Larry King Live tonight at midnight if you’re in that time zone… CNN revealed itself tonight in a big way and it will ultimately help McCain win the election. True CNN came out tonight — In the tank, baby.
CNN all day today in the tank… Not just on the King show…
Travis1 on September 1, 2008 at 10:29 PM
It’s all about the State of the Union address. Men don’t want to see a slobbering Biden-doofus in the background, clapping every time Obama stammers out a platitude.
Men want to see the intelligent, well-spoken Sarah’cuda clapping every time Mac says “My Friends…”
innominatus on September 1, 2008 at 10:30 PM
OT — Heh. Obama was just on AC360 on CNN. Cooper asked him what he thinks of Republican charges that Gov. Palin has more experience than he (Obama) does in dealing with situations like this (Gustav/natural disasters) due to her executive experience as mayor of Wasilla and governor of Alaska. Obama responded that it is his understanding that she, as mayor of “Wasilly,” had about 50 employees, while he has 1200 people working for his campaign.
1) He called it “Wasilly,” I’m sure on purpose.
2) He did not cite how many employees in how many departments she oversees as governor of Alaska (anyone know?).
3) He’s comparing running a city or state with running a campaign. That’s the most meaningful thing he’s ever done, is run a campaign. Sad.
Cooper, of course, did not call him on the flaws in his logic.
aero on September 1, 2008 at 10:30 PM
People the debates, the first one on September 26th, will be the key.
carbon_footprint on September 1, 2008 at 10:31 PM
rear!!!!
catfight!
Metro on September 1, 2008 at 10:31 PM
First, you have to understand I have a long running grudge against McCain.
Now the issues I felt Hillary would be more conservative on, first would be the PATRIOT ACT. Conservatives should never have passed this abomination. The violation of the Constitution in the National Security Letters is absolutely horrible. I think Hillary would have allowed it to lapse, while I doubt McCain would. I know Hillary voted for it, but she was trying to demonstrate she was tough on national security.
Second, the War on Terror. I think that Hillary would have reacted something like Margret Thatcher over the Falkland’s. She would not wish to be perceived as weak or wimpy, and would tend to overreact instead of under respond.
Finally, I took what I knew of the Clintons, which is they are poll and focus group driven people. They care about what people think more than McCain does. I figured we the populace would have more input with Clinton than we’ve ever had with McCain. McCain doesn’t care what anyone thinks, which is why he called us all racists when we opposed his amnesty plan. He didn’t care about the complaints concerning the First Amendment when he pushed his campaign finance reform through. He didn’t care what we had to say about anything, while Clinton did.
In 1995, the Republicans were pushing for a Balanced Budget. Bill opposed it initially, and then offered a counter proposal, making it balanced in eight years instead of the three the Republicans offered. They settled on five, and before Clinton left the White House, was crooning about his great legacy of balancing the budget ahead of schedule.
I don’t care who gets credit for it, I want Conservative ideals pushed forward. I think Hillary would have passed them, if we could get another Conservative Congress elected.
Snake307 on September 1, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Amazing the MSM could uncover this in under 24 hours but after months and months they didn’t know if it was “Rielle” or “Ryelle”. Or didn’t care.
Marcus on September 1, 2008 at 10:33 PM
I actually think you made some good points. However, you seem to avoid a lot of other stuff. Is there any doubt in your mind that Hillary with a Democratic Congress wouldn’t pass Universal Health Care? That’s her heart’s desire. She said she would raise taxes. No doubt about that. And on social issues she’s not a conservative. Imagine the type of judges Hillary Clinton would nominate? It’s a nightmare just thinking about it.
terryannonline on September 1, 2008 at 10:37 PM
I think her looks are a little to much for most women. face it most lefty women are butt ugly, not so bright and ill tempered.
Then comes Sarah a conservative mans fantasy.
Brains,nice butt and talk a good a game as well and to top it all off she likes to hunt.
kangjie on September 1, 2008 at 10:37 PM
1) She is the strong conservative the base prayed for.
2) She is an accomplished, plain speaking, sportswoman.
3) She is curageous.
4) She’s HOT.
5) She is “Wonder Woman!”
Star20 on September 1, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Heh. Goggle this:
sarah palin “trailer trash”
carbon_footprint on September 1, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Great, looks like I’ll have to wake the wife……..for a couple of minutes……
FiveWays on September 1, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Amen.
Allah, give it a rest. Most of America hardly knows her yet. I believe that once she is better known, you will see the numbers rise — male and female.
Check back with us after Wednesday evening.
JudetheFossil on September 1, 2008 at 10:43 PM
It doesn’t appear to be purely grassroots… look at the numbers in the overall and independent columns also… more than 1 in 4 independents is very excited about her.
DaveS on September 1, 2008 at 10:44 PM
She is HOT, she hunts, she fishes, she is a strong women & she dosnt take s***. Just ask the old boy next work in ak .Whats not to admire about her. Now i have a reason to vote for McCain other then just to vote against the chosen one .
Mojack420 on September 1, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Geez! I’ve never had a Gallup or a Rasmussen or a CNN/USA Today or a Fox or any kind of pollster ask me a question. Has anyone in HA! land been polled before?
Vince on September 1, 2008 at 10:53 PM
My guesses:
1. Men think she’s hot.
2. Women have been directly targeted more this year than any other election in history. In the process, they have been subjected to a brutal tug of war and all conceivable methods of pandering. This was played up and out as much as conceivably possible right up until Wednesday night. Once Bubba was done talking, the world had it’s first sigh of relief in 18 months. Then 48 hours… bam. The media jumped on the worst of the worst of female criticism and analysis during the primaries, but this time there was no ramp up. There was no moderation to it or filter. Plus, it was hopped up on anti-Republican steriods.
Short version, women felt targeted and used for the past 18 months and the media has done everything possible to whip of the same furor again. There is bound to be negative backlash. It was buffered slightly with Hillary because she was a known commodity for the past 16+ years and she had started her presidential “listening tour” shortly after the 2004 election. Everyone saw her coming from a mile away. Palin dropped out of the sky like a moose-slaying supermodel shattered the entire tone of this election.
Damiano on September 1, 2008 at 11:00 PM
I suspect it has a lot to do with an anti-conservative bias in certain areas of society. I live in Silicon Valley, and there are Obama stickers all over the place. People make snide observations all the time about our country, our president, our way of life….and you have to weigh the advisability of educating someone against the propriety of political speech at that particular time.
And you get pretty damned frustrated doing this, partially because there doesn’t seem to be any weight whatsoever on propriety from some quarters.
And you get this constant tone that there’s shame in being conservative, having values, believing in solutions that work rather than pie-in-the-sky feel-good totalitarian/collectivist BS that’s only caused a few dozen million deaths in the 20th century.
And the day after a convention where the emasculating pontificators of the Church of Hate America had multiple “O”gasms about their leftist Messiah, McCain pulls Palin up onto the platform with him.
It isn’t entirely because she’s a woman, or a reformer, or hunting moose, or snowmobile racing, or having kids and loving them, or bridges to nowhere. As the song says, it’s “America, F*** Yeah!”
I think she’s polling better among men than among women because a lot of guys are really tired of being p*ssed on for being conservative and appreciate being shown that in-your-face conservativism can be exciting (nay, even “sexy”) — where women are concerned that she may be getting set up as a scapegoat, “token”, or figurehead.
I’m not sure that McCain didn’t underestimate the effect of this nominee. I suspect he thought he was mainly playing to The Base. But he’s got a big hit with “the base that dare not speak its name” who live in areas where you even mention something like “school vouchers” and your car gets keyed.
cthulhu on September 1, 2008 at 11:15 PM
There’s been so much commenting about Gov. Palin that I’m risking stating something that may have already been mentioned. Gov. Palin IMO represents America. And by that I mean she reminds me of the hardy pioneer’s that settled this country, the country first men and women that volunteered for duty in WWI and WWII, the gritty determined members of the Greatest Generation that turned the US in to a superpower. Obama reminds me of the effete Europeans with their disdain for hard work, their 35 hour work weeks, their cradle to grave welfare states, their union driven economic paralysis, and their helplessness in all matters military. Palin appeals to me as an American in the truest sense of the word. Obama and his progressive ilk would look down their noses at the people that made this country.
DerKrieger on September 1, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Because if we (men) get screwed by a hot chick, it’s a lot better than getting screwed by a not-so-hot chick.
Hot chicks can relate and will look logically into her politics, record, and praise her for raising a family, and most likely are Republican.
Not-so-hot-chicks will meet in a dark room to plan a protest, compair unshaven parts of thier bodies, and write letters to their vaginas. (By the way, most likely Democrats.)
They needed a poll for this?
Seven Percent Solution on September 1, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Liberal woman hate her. But then again, they hate everyone, especially women.
Dash on September 1, 2008 at 11:23 PM
There was polling data before the palin pick showing that a female VP pick by McCain would play better with men thn women. Could be that in the abstract women would think of it as a pander, which may change once they get to know Palin.
And as I’ve been commenting all weekend, don’t put a lot of stock in Labor Day weekend polling.
And as I’ve been commenting all along, the VP pick ultimately does not move large numbers of voters in any event. Ask Ferraro. Ask Quayle. Really. Doesn’t. Matter.
Karl on September 1, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I got my “Nobama, No Socialism” bumper sticker on Friday and will look for cars sporting Obama bumper stickers to park my Tahoe next to. Maybe I’ll get lucky and park beside a Prius.
I have no fear in being Conservative and look forward to being challenged by some gutless Liberal.
And I work for a wireless telecomm company so we have plenty of Libs @ work.
DerKrieger on September 1, 2008 at 11:23 PM
So in fairness I did some research and it turns out men do like a good poll or rather pole!
sonnyspats1 on September 1, 2008 at 11:32 PM
When you kill some Arugula How do you clean it for serving?
Does it go well with Caribou and Alaksa Pale Ale?
Maybe better with a flopping fish??
Go McCain Pali 08′
Finally some balls in the Whitehouse!
KZnextzone on September 1, 2008 at 11:45 PM
AAArgh
Palin
Rookie blogger error……
KZnextzone on September 1, 2008 at 11:47 PM
5) She is “Wonder Woman!” – Star20
No! Wonder Woman is superhuman, Palin is human, she’s freakin’ SARAH CONNOR!
Tony737 on September 1, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Is it possible that this is an example of women’s generally catty attitude against attractive women?
Just sayin’…
Maybe we need to get Palin a fat suit, big ugly glasses, pastel pant suits and a bowl haircut. Or perhaps a makeover that will make her look like Pelosi. *shudders*
Damiano on September 1, 2008 at 11:51 PM
It’s not that I fear being conservative, it’s just that this is such a target-rich environment that you can’t afford the time to deal with each one appropriately. You’d like to — for the country’s well-being, your own, and theirs — but there’s just not enough time. It takes maybe half an hour of serious persuasion to get a libtard to even concede that Satan doesn’t run the Republican Party personally — and there’s dozens of Obama stickers between here and the grocery store.
So I don’t, generally. I try to make a living. I bite my tongue. I maintain momentum on the project that got me out of the house. And I wish the public schools taught history, economics, and poli sci well enough that you didn’t have to reinvent the wheel whenever you started talking to someone.
And you wish there were someone on the national stage who did things like sell the Governor’s jet on ebay, or sacked the Governor’s private chef. To tell the truth, I even liked it back in the day when Governor Moonbeam was driving that blue Plymouth to the Capitol from his apartment.
I live on the fringes of San Fran Nan’s home base. It chafes me that I have to put up with a gerrymandered district where I give weight to some moonbat’s screeching. I wish that I could unapologetically live as I pleased, even as PC wraps its tendrils around my life.
And I’m hoping that Sarah Palin impacts the national stage like Chicxulub hitting the Yucatan.
cthulhu on September 2, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Beautiful, intelligent, r-tick-u-let, likes guns, hockey, and REAL men.
Why would ANY man be attracted to that?
Mojave Mark on September 2, 2008 at 12:15 AM
I was a Fred Head… I was thinking of voting for McCain because he is NObama… and then McCain scared me with his rumored VP picks… and then he picked someone I can get behind with my whole heart… I am not into Sarah Palin because of her plumbing… I am into her because of her positions.
Laurence on September 2, 2008 at 12:45 AM
Strong women are likable, why? LOW MAINTENANCE, FOOL! High maintenance women , you have to keep stifiling that urge to do something drastic, and that is tiring! ISN’T IT?
bigmike on September 2, 2008 at 12:51 AM
She Hunts Moose!
She Goes fishing!
She Runs Marathons!
She Rides 4-Wheelers!
She Rides Snow Machines!
She Plays Basketball!
She’s a Hockey MOM!
OOf-FA I’m in love..
Chakra Hammer on September 2, 2008 at 12:57 AM
In the bedroom, not the boardroom.
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
mushroom on September 2, 2008 at 12:57 AM
DING!!! DING!!!! DING!!!
Chakra Hammer on September 2, 2008 at 12:58 AM
Liberal woman hate her. But then again, they hate everyone, especially women.
Dash on September 1, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Naw…especially white, heterosexual, American males. Liberal women believe sex between consenting males and females is rape…
DfDeportation on September 2, 2008 at 1:07 AM
I am a big fan of Gov Sarah for her policy positions especially on energy production though I admit her great looks is a plus but not a deal maker. There are plenty of good looking liberal women I would never vote for. Sarah Palin embodies the American spirit in so many ways that I am simply thrilled by her.
goat on September 2, 2008 at 1:10 AM
Did I fail to mention that she’s hot?
I mean, you can’t get any more Baseball, Hotdogs, and Applepie American than she is…. the all-consummate example of a fine, girl-next-door.
Did I fail to mention that she’s hot?
CynicalOptimist on September 2, 2008 at 1:54 AM
It’s a vote against militant feminists behaving as victims. Palin is not a victim.
red_sleeves on September 2, 2008 at 2:22 AM
Jeez AP, don’t you know a goddam thing about women?
You really don’t do you?
Chicks take longer to warm up to chicks.
Try to remember 80% approval rating in Alaska.
Lots of them are chicks.
Stephen M on September 2, 2008 at 2:31 AM
That quote from 40 Year-Old Virgin popped into my head
J/K – Most men I hang out with are also in the Army, and we all think Gov. Palin is a great choice. She is the real deal with a great story, and by picking her the left is having a giant mouth-frothing brain explosion.
spec_ops_mateo on September 2, 2008 at 3:36 AM
I consider myself politically active and aware and I do not love her. I consider her to be a problem.
McCain has chosen someone with no public image, and a lot of negative possibilities, which makes it totally possible the press will create her image for McCain
The babe effect is a big negative with many women. Like the black effect with Obama, it is a gut reaction hard to miss
Palin may survive being Prom Queen but Hillary is always a reminder of the girl not invited to the party
The game isn’t over
Thatcher was the Iron Lady. Palin is Putty to be molded by whom?
entagor on September 2, 2008 at 3:46 AM
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